Mind the Gap Podcast is an enlightening and thought-provoking podcast that addresses the critical issue of health disparities within black and brown communities. Hosted by Malone Mukwende, a passionate advocate for healthcare equity, the show dives into thought-provoking conversations with a diverse range of experts, advocates, and individuals who have experienced these disparities firsthand.
Each episode challenges the status quo, offering fresh perspectives and practical solutions to bridge the healthcare gap. Join us on this journey to health equity.
"Africa is the most genetically diverse continent in the world" - Dr. Maxine Mackintosh
Mind the Gap Podcast, Host Malone Mukwende sits down with Maxine Mackintosh from Genomics England.
Maxine is the Programme Lead for Diverse Data at Genomics England, an initiative that aims to improve the representativeness of genetic datasets and fairness of genomic insights. She is also the Co-Founder of two communities - One HealthTech, a globally distributed community supporting diversity in health innovation, and Data Science for Health Equity.
9 Oct 2023
First Aid Materials In Africa Have Pictures of White Skin - Alice Squires (Red Cross)
This week host Malone Mukwende is joined by Alice Squires is a Training product manager at the British Red Cross. With over ten years' experience in face-to-face training, she now has responsibility for the content and delivery of first aid training courses and is the primary point of contact for colleagues when they receive questions of a clinical, regulatory, or technical nature. As part of the world's largest humanitarian organization and provider of first aid training and education, the British Red Cross is a recognized leader and standard setter globally. For the last 150 years, the British Red Cross has been helping millions of people in the UK and around the world to get the support they need when crisis strikes, putting kindness into action.
24 Sept 2023
Content Creators Can Reduce Health Inequalities - Vishaal Virani (YouTube Health)
Host Malone Mukwende sat with Vishaal Virani who is the head of YouTube Health UK! In this conversation, we explored how YouTube can play a pivotal part in reducing health inequalities. Vishaal started his career as an NHS doctor, and subsequently transitioned into healthcare strategy consulting. He worked in strategy consulting for four years, with a particular focus on due diligence for private equity firms, and corporate strategy for hospitals and medical technology companies.
He then chose to pursue a longstanding interest in leveraging digital health to meaningfully improve patient outcomes - initially as business development and client success lead at Ada Health, a venture-backed AI health technology company; and then managing digital health solutions for an FTSE 100 consumer healthcare company that owns global brands such as Durex, Nurofen and Dettol. Vishaal now works at YouTube, where he is building out a brand new Health offering to empower millions of YouTube users and NHS organisations across the UK.
Vishaal is also a co-founder of Doctorpreneurs, the world’s largest community of medical innovators, governor of the Royal Free NHS Trust, guest lecturer on digital health, a contributor to NHS innovation organisations, and mentor to various health tech startups. He has also previously served as a board member of the Youth Hostels Association and as a primary school governor.
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